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5 Things to know about the Lucid Air EV, Microsoft and TomTom buddy up, Uber testing in new city

12.15.2016

Lucid Motors has revealed the name and renderings of their rumored car: the Air EV

Here are the top 5 things you need to know about it:

1. Horsepower: up to 1,000

2. Range: up to 400 miles

3. 0 to 60: 2.5 seconds

4. Production: late 2018

5. Price: $65,000 plus

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A new deal is bringing technology and location together. TomTom and Microsoft have agreed to work together on enterprise-grade location-based services for Microsoft’s Azure platform. TomTom CEO Harold Goddijn says, “location is fast becoming a critical component of a broad range of applications and services”. TomTom provides maps, real-time traffic information and traffic-avoiding navigation.

Self-Driving Ubers are giving people rides in San Francisco. The company has teamed up with Volvo for the project. Uber says it will help improve their technology through real-world driving situations. The company says they believe they do not need a testing permit. The California DMV disagrees. The first Self-Driving Ubers were launched in Pittsburgh in September.